Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
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Since 2002, Turkey has actively been seeking a regional power status in the Middle East through the articulation of regional roles based on historical legacy and liberal experience. Theoretically, the paper seeks to contribute to regional power literature by integrating role theory with status-seeking theory and examining the interactions between them. This integrated approach suggests that the role rientations of aspiring regional power and regional counter-roles determine the level of status recognition of that regional power in a given regional power hierarchy. Using this approach, the paper examines the fluctuations in Turkey’s pursuit of regional power status in the Middle East over two uneven stages before and after the Arab Spring. It shows that Turkey was able to play regional cooperative roles and improve its regional power status during the first stage (2002-2011) while has stumbled over the period since the Arab Spring.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Tayyar Arı
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-3874-3622
Türkiye
Omar Munassar
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-3663-7973
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
10 Aralık 2020
Gönderilme Tarihi
2 Mart 2020
Kabul Tarihi
8 Ekim 2020
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2020 Cilt: 14 Sayı: 27
Cited By
Küresel, Bölgesel ve Ulusal Gelişmeler Bağlamında 2014 Sonrası (Erdoğan Dönemi) Türk Dış Politikası
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.26745/ahbvuibfd.1177670